how to define a structure in a class?

I have a class:

class systemcall
{
    typedef struct
    {
        int pid;
        int fptrCntr;
        OpenFile openfileptrs[10];

    }processTable[100];

    public:
         //other stuff开发者_如何学Python...
}

I have a member function

/* this function initializes the process table. */
void systemcall::initpTable()
{
    int i = 0;

    for ( i=0; i<100; i++ ) {
     processTable[i].fptrCntr = 0;
    }

}  

The line processTable[i].fptrCntr = 0; gives an error:

systemcall.cc:86: error: expected unqualified-id before '[' token  

i have almost pulled all my hair out!!! Any ideas why this is happening? I even put the structure in the systemcall.cc file, but no use.

Thank you.

You don't want the typedef before the declaration of processTable since you are declaring an object, not a type. After defining processTable as a type, you then proceed to use it as a member object, which confuses the compiler.

Try this:

class systemcall
{
    struct ProcessTable
    {
        int pid;
        int fptrCntr;
        OpenFile openfileptrs[10];

    };

    ProcessTable processTable[100];

    public:
         //other stuff...
};